The Koreas: A Global Studies Handbook

This is one of the first of a new series of global studies in Asia published by ABC‐Clio. The author is the senior member of the history department at the Westridge School in Pasadena, California. She received the Korea Society fellowship to study and travel in South Korea during the summer of 2000. She is also on the curriculum committee for the National Council for Social Studies in the USA. The purpose of the work is to give those new to the study of Korea, particularly students, an insight into the long and dramatic history of the country as well...